The Price They Pay

The following won second place in the Short Fiction and Creative Nonfiction division of the Walter Spara Writing Contest sponsored by the Department of English and Communications in the spring semester, 2012. by Xzavyer Whittle The Price They Pay                 It was raining. Not the usual droplets but large, peculiar ones. The darkness of February…

Friend of Mine

The following won third place in the Short Fiction and Creative Nonfiction division of the Walter Spara Writing Contest sponsored by the Department of English and Communications in the spring semester, 2012.  by Hope Hall Friend of Mine My name is Avery Sparrow, and I work with the Circus. It’s a menial job really, picking…

The Godfather: Cultural Value

The following won third place in the Expository/Argumentative Essay division of the Walter Spara Writing Contest sponsored by the Department of English and Communications in the spring semester, 2012.  by Travis Swann The Godfather: Cultural Value One may not have believed that a movie, produced in 1972, involving an entwinement of  violence and family love…